UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 09: Gary K. Michelson, M.D. poses in Memphis, Tennessee on September 8, 2004. Michelson created devices, tools and surgical procedures that made it easier and less painful for people to have back surgery and signed agreements in 1994 with a company later bought by Medtronic. Jurors who ordered Medtronic Inc. to pay $159 million last month for violating contracts covering spinal-implant products today awarded an additional $400 million in punitive damages to their inventor, a Los Angeles surgeon. (Photo by Scott Hartsfield/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
